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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 272, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2000, 8:55 PM CDT for Greene County, Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2000, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2000, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greene County, AL, Sumter County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | York, AL | Dime size hail was reported by a motorist near intersection of US 80 and SR 17. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
169 WUUS54 KBMX 260155 SVRBHM ALC063-119-260230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 855 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A... * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT. * AT 855 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIVINGSTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...YORK... UNION...LIVINGSTON...GEIGER...GAINESVILLE...FORKLAND...EUTAW... EPES...EMELLE...CUBA AND BOLIGEE. LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 36 min |
| May 25, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 26 min |
| May 25, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 31 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.